Entry Word: classic

Function: adjective

Meaning: 1 constituting, serving as, or worthy of being a pattern to be imitated <classic designs in furniture that never go out of style> — see model
2 of the very best kind <one of the really classic comedies in the history of movies> — see excellent
3 serving to identify as belonging to an individual or group <the anthropologist noted the classic facial features of the inhabitants of those islands> — see characteristic 1